Effect of docosahexaenoic acid content of maternal diet on auditory brainstem conduction times in rat pups

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 494-499

  Stockard, Janet E ^a   Saste, Monisha D ^a   Benford, Valerie J ^a   Barness, Lewis ^a   Auestad, Nancy ^b   Carver, Jane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Docosahexaenoic acid; Lactation; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; MILK; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0033668120     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017481     Document Type: Article

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